Boris: Labour want to “punish” capitalism

You can’t move for high profile politicians out and about on the streets today.

Boris Johnson has been campaigning in Hendon and has been discussing Labour’s announcement on zero hour contracts this morning. The Mayor of London said that Labour regard the capitalist system as something “fundamentally malign” that “needs to be punished and checked and corrected.” he said: “That was not the approach under Tony Blair. That’s why you are seeing this huge move now by formerly Labour business supporters to come out in favour of the Conservatives.”

Ed Miliband said that the letter from business leaders published in The Daily Telegraph this morning was not surprising. He told a speech in Huddersfield: Undermining hard work, undermining living standards, undermining family life. “People not knowing how much work they are getting from one week to the next, or one day to the next, not knowing the wages they will earn. “We have to end the epidemic of zero hours contracts.”

Tristram Hunt has been the subject of “robust questioning” at a school this morning.

Robust questioning from pupils Morgan & Isabelle at Blessed Trinity on visit with @JulieForBurnley this am #ge2015 pic.twitter.com/6VDAj0BHy1

— Tristram Hunt (@TristramHuntMP) April 1, 2015